Tlo Ivy doesn’t consider herself a veteran in the South Florida drag scene. But for the last eight years, the transgender entertainer has been wowing audiences with her Britney Spears and Selena Quintanilla-inspired performances at Palace Bar, Azucar and Georgie’s Alibi, among other venues.

The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) celebrated its 40th birthday in Miami last Saturday with its “Taste of Justice” event.NCLR isa national legal organization headquartered in San Francisco committed to advancing the civil and human rights of LGBT people and their families through litigation, legislation, policy, and public education.

On every third Thursday of the month, Mina’s Mediterraneo on Northeast 79th Street is giving Miami a new, and very welcomed, kind of ladies night. OK, very welcomed may be an understatement. From jump street, the Lesbian Takeover event at Mina’s has been an enormous success.

Fasten your seatbelts because the outrageous air hostess Pam Ann is bringing her new show to the Flamingo Theater in Miami on Thursday, Sept. 20. Pam Ann, the creation of Aussie comedian Caroline Reid more than two decades ago, has been busy since her last appearance in South Florida.

Hot on the heels of its Drag Wars season finals, Azucar Nightclub launched a new weekly competition last week on Thursday night called "Azucar's Got Talent," a talent show on the scale of "America's Got Talent," only with drag queens and more.

If there is one thing that has been consistently obvious since the Presidential election, it’s that people, of all shapes, sizes, colors, and sexual orientations, don’t want to be heard, they demand to be heard.

The LGBT Visitor Center will present the second annual “Pink Flamingo Awards” honoring people, places and organizations that have demonstrated a level of excellence in our community throughout the year. This year’s awards show promises to be an entertainment extravaganza!

Broadway has long turned to Hollywood for inspiration. The marquees in New York’s famed theater district advertise stage adaptations of many hit movies, ranging from Disney’s “The Lion King,” “Frozen,” and “Aladdin” to “School of Rock,” “Kinky Boots” and “Waitress.”

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